Hospitals

The new centers catering to the region, Advance Cancer Institute (ACI) in Bathinda and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital (HBCH) in Sangrur, have catered to the region but these centers too are struggling with the shortage of facilities especially with the manpower.

The bacteria, which is resistant to several antibiotics and is known to trigger infections among hospitalised patients, is emerging as a major concern among the medical community, which the Nair Hospital outbreak proves.

A city hospital has acquired an ambulance which can relay real time data on the patient’s condition to the base ICU from the moment the patient enters the ambulance till he reaches the emergency unit in the hospital.

The centre was closed for more than a month for maintenance, without any prior notice. However, officials claimed there was lack of fund due to which the machines were not mended and the centre was closed.

City-based nephrologists pointed out that whatever people consume is absorbed in the blood. “Whatever substances we consume goes to blood and it is the blood which takes the substances to each and every part of the body putting all organs at risk of developing diseases including kidney.

Raising slogans against Prime Minster Narendra Modi-led BJP government, CITU leaders said the foundation for the hospital was laid by the then Union minister of state (independent charge) for labour, Bandaru Dattatreya, in presence of AP chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu at Sheelanagar on April 11, 2016.

Top city neurologists have slammed Nanavati Hospital for releasing a misleading video showcasing results of a drug for Parkinson’s patients that, within minutes of being injected, allowed them to not only walk without any problem, but even jog and do push-ups.

Raising concern about the recently released report of the All India institute of medical sciences (AIIMS),Additional Director General (ADGP) of police Gurpreet Kaur Deo, said that the magnitude of substance use in the country was a cause of concern for Punjab.

Chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday announced to constitute the new regulatory body while inaugurating a 500-bedded government hospital attached to the Rajasthan University of Health Sciences (RUHS) medical college and a cancer care unit in Mahatma Gandhi medical college and hospital.